Show THREE ARE ARf HELD flU MORAllY Seattle Clubman Others Branded Cowards Cowards' for Not Saving Teacher SEATTLE SEATTLE July 26 AP F. AP-F. F. F Creigh Neson Ne son wealthy Seattle clubman and brok broker r. r and tw two other men last night were branded by a coroners coroner's jury as cowards and held morally but not criminally re responsible responsible responsible re- re for the death eath of Miss Violet Violet Violet Vio Vio- let Maude Pa Payne ne music and dancIng dancing dancing ing teacher who presumably was drowned when she fell from Nelsons Nelson's Nelsons Nelson's Nelsons Nelson's Nel Nel- sons son's yacht acht after atter a liquor party here early l last st Wednesday Although Prosecutor Ewing D. D Colvin announced there w would uld be beno beno beno no further investigation of or the tragedy unless additional evidence is uncovered Nelson still was held under a bond The other two men were freed Evidence that Nelson and the theother theother theother other two men and Mrs l Winona Gorman the fifth fifth member er of the party stood by without making any real effort to rescue lescue Miss Payne although it was vas testified that one of the men lowered himself into the water and made a half halt hearted search for her The coroners coroner's jury found that Miss 1 Payne met death when she accidentally slipped and fell Into Lake Union while stepping from the boat to the Seattle Yacht club dock after atter what was termed a wild party aboard the vessel Nelson and the other two men men men- Captain A A. A 1 F. F Bell skipper of the boat and E. E E. E Darrington Barrington assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant secretary of or the yacht club club In in inthe the opinion of the Jurors made no real effort to rescue the woman but on the contrary stood by and watched her struggle for her life HIe in the lake waters Further the jury of four men and i two women found that Nelson Bell Belland Belland Belland and Barrington conspired to conceal conceal conceal con con- ceal the fac fact of or Miss 1 Paynes Payne's death from police Little censure of Mrs Gorman was voiced by the jury Mrs Gorman Captain Bell and end Barrington were the three released from rom Jail at the conclusion of or the inquest The Jurors returned their verdict after two hours' hours deliberation l. l The only witnesses heard at the inquest were Bell Barrington and Mrs Gorman who all told virtually the same story Nelson on the advice of his attorneys did not testify |